Join your co-hosts, Jordan Rae and Philly, as we dive into the world of horror! Each episode, we’ll compare iconic horror movies to books with similar dark themes, exploring how they connect and what makes them tick. From final girls on the big screen to chilling stories in pages, we’ll break down the genre’s beauty and misconceptions. Get ready for a spooky adventure filled with new recommendations and fresh insights into horror! 👻📚🍿
Final Girls After the Trauma: Scream and Final Girl Support Group
Host Jordan Rae interviews horror experts about how "Scream" and "The Final Girl Support Group" explore the enduring trauma and resilience of horror's iconic heroines.
28 Aug 2025
[Scream Share #2] Final Destination
Jordan Rae and Philly Tang discuss the horror franchise Final Destination, exploring its impact and future possibilities in this interview.
20 Jul 2025
[Scream Share #1] Jennifer's Body
Philly and Jordan Rae launch a new series, Scream Share, and discuss the feminist horror film *Jennifer's Body* and its cult classic status in this episode, which contains spoilers and trigger warnings, to explore the film's themes.
13 Jun 2025
What Makes a Final Girl: Friday the 13th and My Heart is a Chainsaw
Philly and Jordan Rae analyze the "final girl" trope in horror, comparing *My Heart is a Chainsaw* by Stephen Graham Jones to *Friday the 13th*, and examine how these characters fight to survive in this interview episode.
31 May 2025
Fear and Horror Can Be Skin Deep: The Substance and Rouge
The hosts of Read It and Reap analyze the films *The Substance* and *Rouge*, dissecting themes of beauty, obsession, and identity through body horror and dreamlike dread, revealing cultural fixations on perfection.
15 May 2025
Time Travel and Terrors: How to Survive Your Death Day
TW - discussions of violence, sexual trauma, and psychological trauma
It's Philly's belated birthday! We're reading another Young Adult horror novel (because we can't escape them!) and discussing time loop in horror. Listen as we compare How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine to Happy Death Day directed by Christopher Landon.
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21 Apr 2025
Trauma Bonding in the Wild - Comparisons in the Yellowjackets and What the Woods Took
TW - discussions of violence, psychological trauma, cult behavior, mental illness, substance abuse, and child abuse
In celebration of the season finale, we explore the woods in the Yellowjackets created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson and another thrilling YA horror What the Woods Took written by Courtney Gould.
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28 Mar 2025
Cults, Community, and Identity - Diving Into Midsommar and The Honeys
TW - discussions of self harm/suicide, psychological trauma, cult behavior, loss of a loved one, religious trauma, and LGBTQ+ discrimination
In this first episode, we revisit one of our favorite horror films Midsommar directed by Ari Aster and find comparisons in YA horror The Honeys written by Ryan La Sala.
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